diff --git a/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml b/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
index 18cbf5dc6..40bb7f49f 100644
--- a/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/veles/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: veles-backend
       annotations:
+        veles.bstein.dev/redeploy: "2026-06-27-0.4.1-app-config"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-init-first: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-pre-populate-only: "true"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ spec:
       initContainers:
         - name: database-init
           image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.4.1 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
           args:
             - |
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: backend
           image: registry.bstein.dev/veles/veles-backend:0.4.1 # {"$imagepolicy": "veles:veles-backend"}
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
           args:
             - |
@@ -111,10 +112,10 @@ spec:
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 250m
-              memory: 512Mi
+              memory: 768Mi
             limits:
               cpu: "1"
-              memory: 1Gi
+              memory: 2Gi
           securityContext:
             runAsNonRoot: true
             runAsUser: 10001